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North Dakota saw a rash of bank robberies in 1935 and 1936 in Denhoff, Zap, Cummings, New Leipzig, Dickey and Maddock. In the Denhoff case, the robbers must have gotten spooked, because two boys found loot from the Denhoff robbery in a haystack!

On this date in 1923, a search was launched in pursuit of an organized crime group active in the Aneta area. Thieves had been targeting local farmers with innovative tactics. What was the crime, you may be wondering? These criminal masterminds were stealing chickens.

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 - “One Book, One North Dakota” is a recurring event organized by Humanities ND. The book selected for September is from North Dakota native Taylor Brorby: “Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land.” On September 25th there will be a free Zoom event with Brorby and moderator Tayo Basquiat. With that in mind, today we replay a visit with Taylor Brorby from earlier this summer.

Wednesday, August 24, 2022 - Fox Creek is the latest in the Cork O’Connor mystery series from Minnesota-based, NYT bestselling author William Kent Krueger. He’ll be speaking in Grand Forks and Fargo this weekend. ~~~ The risk of death from COVID-19 among indigenous people remains the highest among all racial and ethnic groups. Alicia Hegland-Thorpe visits with Dr. Loretta Christensen, director of the Indian Health Service, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for providing federal health services to the country’s native population. ~~~ Midwest Flavor Fest is coming up this weekend in Mandan. It showcases food, arts & crafts, and music. And best of all, it’s free to attend. We visit with Phillip Schultz, the founder of BisMan Eats.

When I wrote some weeks ago about drummers--traveling sales representatives--in the prairie communities of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, I was also reporting on the currency in those days of a folklore genre — the fraternal prayer, you might call it. By which I mean, a declarative sort of prayer, recited publicly, on behalf of some self-conscious group, often one that felt itself misunderstood, and thus called on the Almighty for understanding and relief.

Tuesday, August 23, 2022 - Humanities North Dakota has loads of interesting events and classes coming up. One of them is a workshop called Little Mo Writers. It’s designed to help writers, scholars, and historians hone and improve their writing while bringing their projects to fruition. We visit with instructor Deb Marquart. ~~~ The USDA and ND agriculture leaders are getting together for a good cause, and it includes getting tomatoes thrown at them. The unusual celebration takes place at the next farmers market in Bismarck this Saturday. It's called LaTomatina. Alicia Hegland-Thorpe visits with Mary Podoll, with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Monday, August 22, 2022 - Community Options helps people with developmental disabilities establish goals, overcome barriers, and become self-sufficient. We visit with Shannon Rolandson, outreach officer in Minot. ~~~ Saturday was National Radio Day. We take the occasion to visit with Bill Thomas, our director of radio. ~~~ Parents across North Dakota have been struggling to find day-care slots for their children. Part of that is caused by staff turnover amid low wages. The state is trying to address the issue by providing incentives for workers. Comments from Kay Larson, director, North Dakota Department of Human Services Early Childhood Division. ~~~ In another episode of TellTale, Dakota Folklife and Stories, we hear from a Fargo resident who experienced the Florence, South Dakota, tornado of 1944.

Doug Hamilton, who hosted Main Street from 2012-2021, passed away on August 5 following his battle with acute myeloid leukemia.

In early August, 1908, citizens of Cranbrook, British Columbia, were fighting a fire that threatened their city when news came over the wire that the Fernie-Fort Steele Brewery in nearby Fernie was on fire. Then the lines of communication went dead. Several hours later, when Cranbrook’s fire scare had mainly passed, communication was reestablish—only to learn that the fire in Fernie had spread, destroying most of the town.

Frank LaFayette Anders was born in 1875 at Fort Abraham Lincoln where his father was stationed. When his father died in 1890, Frank, age 15, quit school to help support the family. In 1894 he enlisted in the National Guard and served as a member of the Young’s Scouts in the Philippines during the Spanish American War and the Philippine American War.